This document summarizes Darren Kuropatwa's presentation at the BYTE Conference in February 2013 about creating easy and engaging learning experiences using technology. It provides examples of mobile apps like Phonto that allow creating and sharing photos with patterns, prompts for recording short audio reflections on questions, and the SonicPics app for creating soundscapes. It also describes projects where teachers had students reflect daily on what they learned in scribe blogs or photo/audio posts and how participating in sharing ideas can help build a learning culture.

1. 6
easy pieces
Darren Kuropatwa
about.me/dkuropatwa
BYTE Conference
Neepawa, Manitoba, February 2013

3. A Quick Create: Repetition
"Create a photograph that features
a repeating pattern."
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Phonto (iOS) Phonto (android)
http://j.mp/phontoios http://j.mp/phontoandroid

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cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by striatic:
http://flickr.com/photos/striatic/112098447/
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8. http://j.mp/bloggingprompt

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Pick a person.
Pick a question.
Record it.
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12. creating a
soundscape
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Glc PHOTOs:
http://flickr.com/photos/glc_photos/2540345807/

13. 2
What do you see in
your world today?
cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) flickr photo by Steve took it:
http://flickr.com/photos/stevewall/1095860966/

14. 5
seconds of
beauty

15. dropitto.me/dkuropatwa
PW: hereyago

18. 50 people 1 question

21. cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo by OUCHcharley:
http://flickr.com/photos/g-ratphotos/3448704886/
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who are
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22. 4 slides
• Your Personal Narrative in 4 Slides (slidecasting)
cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by (davide):
http://flickr.com/photos/dcassaa/662891484/

28. SonicPics

29. SonicPics

30. Desktop App
Mobile App

31. UN:
digitallearning
PW:
iliketoplay

32. one teacher did
this in ~30 min

33. What did you
learn today?
cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) flickr photo by f.clerc:
http://flickr.com/photos/f-clerc/5051566435/

34. daily scribes in K-3
cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) flickr photo by f.clerc:
http://flickr.com/photos/f-clerc/5051566435/

35. 41+1
What did you
daily scribes in K-3
learn today?
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play2learn@posterous.com
cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) flickr photo by aforgrave:
http://flickr.com/photos/aforgrave/6078949896/

36. Brooklands Reading Circle examples

37. 5
Scribe Blogs
What did you
learn today?
cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) flickr photo by MikeOliveri:
http://flickr.com/photos/mikeoliveri/685358132/

49. 6
the learning culture
is participatory
cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) flickr photo by Hadi Fooladi:
http://flickr.com/photos/hadi_fooladi/464385254/

51. thanks